Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for AUG 1903 August 1903 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net June 23, 2005, 11:41 pm The Roanoke Leader August 1903 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for AUGUST 1903 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, August 5, 1903 WEHADKEE News Mrs. J.W. Veal is very sick at this writing. __ A little child of Green Haynes died at Omaha on Friday night and was buried at Big Springs on Saturday. __ The church at Hillabehatchee held its annual meeting beginning last Friday. Rev. J.W.H. Cliett did the preaching. On Sunday, communion and foot washing was attended to. __ CORBIN News Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Burns with their two daughters Misses Minnie and Essie are visiting relatives in north Alabama. __ HAPPY LAND News For several weeks, Mrs. T.J. Roberts has been in declining health and her friends are not expecting any substantial improvement in her condition soon. __ John and H.H. Pinkard have been visiting relatives near Daviston this week. __ Carson Kitchens of Lanett has been spending several days with relatives and friends hereabout. __ Chars. Marshall and wife have returned from Texas and they have come back to stay. __ Mrs. Oscar Pinkard has been visiting her father J.D. Moore near Radney's Chapel. ___ LOCAL News Fount Brown and Miss Margaret Howz of Center Point went over to Georgia and were married on Sunday. __ Ed Causey and Miss Annie Sims who live in Lowell, went over to Franklin on Sunday and were married. At present they are staying at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. N.C. Causey. __ Henry Patterson, a well known citizen of Hickory Flat, died Monday and was buried Tuesday afternoon at Bethel. __ A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Mickle yesterday. __ M.M. Mulloy of Franklin, spent the past few days here with his brother W.A. Mulloy. __ Mrs. Dunson of Alexander City, came Thursday to visit her daughters, Mrs. Hooper and Mrs. Jackson. __ Billy King, now living in Georgia, a former familiar figure in Roanoke, was on our streets a few days ago. He is now 76 years old and only a few months ago he married a girl only 17 years old, a difference of 59 years. ___ Greenberry Edwards passed through Roanoke yesterday enroute to Montgomery where his son Wyatt is critically ill, having been operated on for appendicitis. __ KILLED IN A WRECK Saturday night, Tyler Phillips, son of T.M. Phillips of Forrester's Chapel was killed in a wreck near Chattanooga. The deceased was a fireman on one of the engines. Three other trainmen were killed at the same time. The body arrived Tuesday evening and rested here during the night. The remains were accompanied by a delegation of members from the fireman's labor organization. The funeral will occur at Concord at noon today. Young Phillips had lived in this county until about two years ago. We regret to record his tragic and untimely end. __ ROMANTIC MARRIAGE Franklin, Ga., July 28th A rather tragic romance was ended here Sunday morning when Nicholas Tompkins, a young man who is the son of the most extensive planter in western Georgia, Ben Hill Tompkins, of this city, was married to Miss Hearn of this place. Tompkins, who is about 23 years old, while a special policement of this city last Christmas, became involved in a difficulty with a young man named John Echols, prominently connected in this county. In the difficulty, Tompkins shot Echols to death and fled and was at large until the recent sitting of the grand jury of this county, which, upon investigation of the charge against Tompkins, failed to indict him and Tompkins came home then and has remained here since. While attending the fiddler's convention here last Saturday, this old trouble complicated with obstacles which were in the way of his marrying his love, overcame Tompkins for the time and he drew a pistol and fired three bullets into his chest, one entering just above the heart, but was diverted by striking a bone. The other two made flesh wounds under his arm. He was carried to a room and it was while suffering from these wounds Saturday morning that his sweetheart called to see him and shortly afterward they were married. The above dispatch, which appeared in The Atlanta Constitution of last Wednesday, will be read with interest by the many readers of The Leader. The Miss Hearn referred to was Miss Mamie Hearn, formerly of this place. The Franklin News and Banner states that the marriage occurred Monday instead of Sunday. (The Leader previously and in error, reported the young man's name as Thompson instead of Tompkins in previous columns of the paper.) __ OUR HISTORIC STICK (by O.H. Stevenson) The editor is the proud possessor of a walking cane with a unique history which his elder brother brought him on his return trip to Tennessee. It is a large, ornamented hickory stick, of extra length, as the old style used to be, and is about 75 years old. Away back in the days of "Old Hickory" Jackson, a member of the Illinois branch of the Stevenson family started through the underdeveloped country to visit the grandfather of this writer, Rev. Elam Stevenson in Giles County, Tennessee. On the trip the Illinois man stopped at General Jackson's place, The Hermitage, and cut this stick from a growth of hickory thereof, added the necessary ornamentations and presented it to his kinsman and host. The stick comes to us from our father's brother, Thomas C. Stevenson, the only surviving representative of the original Stevenson family in Tennessee and who is now 80 years of age. We prize this gift very highly. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, August 12, 1903 NAPOLEON News Sister J.M. Joiner was taken violently ill last Saturday and has been in critical condition. Palpitation was the main trouble. She is beginning to improve. __ The wife of Jimmie Joiner Jr. of Cordova, Ala., is here with her father-in- law, suffering in the last stages of that fell disease consumption. She has a babe less than a year old. __ Miss Viola Cox of Omaha is down with the fever. __ ROCK MILLS News Mr. Fausett of our town who has been living here only a few months died yesterday. __ HAPPY LAND News "Uncle" Frank Treadwell's widow was buried last Saturday. __ LOCAL News S.C. Burpee's fine horse Pattie Ledger, won second money on a $1000. purse at Rich Hill, Missouri in the fast time of 2: 18 1/4. __ Mrs. W.H. Backus of Temple, Texas has been spending a few days with the family of T.L. Belcher. __ The three and a half year old daughter of Rufus Jones of Texas, Georgia, died Sunday morning of diptheria. He has another child sick with the same disease. __ Mrs. Kirby of LaFayette and Mrs. Sweeny of Temple, Texas spent Sunday night with the family of J.M. Ward, going over into Georgia the following morning to visit relatives. __ Mrs. M.A. West of Ozark, Missouri, mother of our townsman, R.T. West, and Mrs. Jno. T. West of Sharon, Arkansas, his sister-in-law, arrived Tuesday to spend some time with relatives in this vicinity. __ Tom and Fletcher Satterwhite, who as little boys moved from Roanoke to Atlanta some years ago, are back to visit friends. As they are both now grown they were not readily recognized by old friends. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, August 19, 1903 ALMOND News Prof. M.D. Mattox died Friday night and was carried to Gipsonville, Clay County for burial. He leaves a wife and four little girls, a mother and several brothers and sisters to mourn his death. They have the sympathy of all who knew him. __ WEHADKEE News Burt Hammonds is quite sick at his home with the fever. __ Mrs. S.M. Hester and daughter Miss Georgia and Roy Hood are visiting the former's parents in Clay County. __ Mrs. W.H. Cole died last Thursday night at her home near High Shoals, after a long illness with dropsy. __ J.H. Hood and wife visited relatives at Centralhatchee, Georgia last week. __ Mr. Rufus Bartlett and Miss Beasy Muldrew went over to Texas, Georgia last Sunday and were happily married. __ HAPPY LAND News "Uncle" Mick Burditt of Clay county visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday. __ LOCAL News For Sale - - - 120 acres of good farm land, 4 miles west of Roanoke, also 67 1/2 acres, all well in wood and production. N.C. Carden __ F.L. Dunn, accompanied by his wife and two children, began their return to Texas yesterday, after a pleasant vsiit to relatives in this section. Mrs. Dunn is a daughter of W.E. Connelly, well known to the older citizens of Roanoke. She had not visited her native town in twenty years. __ J.M. Yates is visiting his mother in Carroll County, Georgia. __ MRS. JACKSON DEAD Mrs. Jackson, relict of the late Rev. J.C. Jackson, died at her home on Rock Mills street last Wednesday, after a long illness. She had spent many years here and was held in high esteem. She will be greatly missed by her relatives and friends. The funeral services occurred Thursday morning from the Baptist church, conducted by Rev. Shaffer and the interment was in the city cemetery. __ A protracted meeting will begin at the Methodist church next Sunday. Rev. Ira F. Hawkins of Wesley Chapel, Birmingham, will arrive Saturday or Monday and will do the preaching. His sermons are full of spiritual power. Mr. Hawkins is a cousin of the late lamented presiding elder of this district and is a consecrated, sweet spirited man, as was the deceased. __ SHOOTS TO KILL; Desperate Negro Kills One Man and Wounds Many Intense excitement has prevailed the past few days in the territory surrounding Wedowee and the feeling has spread to all parts of the county. The trouble originated Friday when some hands working the road made a show in a spirit of fun of raiding a nearby watermelon patch. The owner, Aaron Sledge, a negro who is said to be part Indian, emerged from his house with a breech loading shot gun and began firing on the hands, who were white men. Ten men were struck with scattering shot, one being painfully wounded. The white men retreated and armed themselves and then gave pursuit. Later a posse of five came upon the outlow, who fired so promptly and accurately as to hit two men. Robert Moore, a good citizen was shot in the neck and died almost instantly. James Abbott was struck in the body and it is doubtful if he can recover. These shots were returned but the negro escaped. Several hundred men took to the woods and endeavored to capture the criminal. So far he has eluded his pursuers and is reported to have escaped toward Georgia. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, August 26, 1903 LOCAL News Mrs. Thompson, relict of the late A.J. Thompson, died at Stroud on Sunday morning. __ L.C. Hutchens who was reared here but now living in Mississippi, is spending a few days here with relatives and old friends. He will begin his return Friday, accompanied by his wife who has been out here several weeks. __ W.R. Cole of north Randolph is spending a few days with his brother-in-law, J.A. Walden. __ "Uncle" Jim Ward now has a grandson, born to Mr. and Mrs. Olin Mooty on the 22nd inst. __ Sim Allen of Alexander City spent the past few days with his sister Mrs. Radney. __ Elsie Widner returned from a visit to LaGrange last week accompanied by her uncle Bryant Cofield who is spending some days here. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape622gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.9 Kb